- Goal focused
- Collaborative
- Practical skills
About Briana
Briana Lyon is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York. She brings six years of experience helping people through anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, and low self-esteem.
She focuses on practical, down-to-earth work. Sessions tend to center on clear goals like improving communication, building self-love, or managing mood during life changes. Briana uses straightforward techniques so clients can try new skills between meetings.
Her background includes supporting people through divorce, infidelity, workplace problems, and substance use struggles. She also supports those facing pregnancy and childbirth changes, postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder, and issues related to military service and men’s wellbeing.
Briana blends approaches such as attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix lets her tailor steps to what a person needs right now and what they want to change next.
She aims for a collaborative style where clients set the pace and Briana offers tools and feedback. The work is aimed at helping people feel heard, build coping skills, and make steady progress toward clearer goals.
How Briana’s approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based approaches look at how early relationships shape current patterns. In sessions that focus on attachment, a person practices new ways of relating and noticing what they need from close connections. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood. It often involves short exercises and homework to try between meetings. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve concentration for everyday stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Briana works with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. Together they check in on what helps and adjust the focus so sessions feel useful and relevant.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let conversations happen without travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt practical CBT tasks, attachment-based conversation, and mindfulness practices to an online setting so people can build skills that carry into daily life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Credentials
New York, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Briana commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, parenting issues, and self-esteem. Additional focuses include communication problems, addiction, infidelity, and men’s issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She helps people set clear goals and practices skills to use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Briana has six years of experience working with a range of concerns including postpartum depression, workplace issues, and challenges related to military service.
Where is Briana licensed to practice?
She holds LCSW credentials in New York and Virginia and practices in New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the country?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a therapy relationship with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.